Depression awareness

Thursday

Apr 30, 2009 at 12:01 AMApr 30, 2009 at 5:49 PM

In honor of Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Awareness Day, Mercy Medical Center is sponsoring a free depression awareness luncheon May 5, at 11:30 a.m. at the National First Ladies’ Library Education and Research Center at 205 Market Ave S. in Canton.

Dr. Suresh A. Patel, medical director of Mercy Psychiatry, will be the featured speaker. The program includes a complimentary box lunch.

The local National Alliance on Mental Health chapter and Crisis Intervention Center of Stark County will be on hand with information from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The crisis center will also display its suicide survivors quilt. Reservations are required and can be made by calling Mercy Healthcare Connection at (330) 489-1333 or (800) 223-8662.